Parallel Verses New International Version By your hand save me from such people, LORD, from those of this world whose reward is in this life. May what you have stored up for the wicked fill their bellies; may their children gorge themselves on it, and may there be leftovers for their little ones. King James Bible From men which are thy hand, O LORD, from men of the world, which have their portion in this life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid treasure: they are full of children, and leave the rest of their substance to their babes. Darby Bible Translation From men [who are] thy hand, O Jehovah, from men of this age: their portion is in [this] life, and their belly thou fillest with thy hid [treasure]; they have their fill of sons, and leave the rest of their [substance] to their children. World English Bible from men by your hand, Yahweh, from men of the world, whose portion is in this life. You fill the belly of your cherished ones. Your sons have plenty, and they store up wealth for their children. Young's Literal Translation From men, Thy hand, O Jehovah, From men of the world, their portion is in life, And with Thy hidden things Thou fillest their belly, They are satisfied with sons; And have left their abundance to their sucklings. Psalm 17:14 Parallel Commentary Clarke's Commentary on the BibleFrom men of the world, which have - ממתים מחלד mimethim mecheled, from mortal men of time; temporizers; men who shift with the times, who have no fixed principle but one, that of securing their own secular interest: and this agrees with what follows - which have their portion in this life; who never seek after any thing spiritual; who have bartered heaven for earth, and have got the portion they desired; for thou fillest their belly with thy hid treasure. Their belly - their sensual appetites - is their god; and, when their animal desires are satisfied, they take their rest without consideration, like the beasts that perish. Their portion in this life - בחיים bachaiyim, in lives, probably meaning heritable lands and estates; for they leave them to their children, they descend to posterity, and every one has his life portion in them. They are lands of lives. They are full of children - Have a numerous offspring, whom they educate in the same principles, and to whom they leave a large earthly patrimony, and who spend it as their fathers have done, and perhaps even more dissolutely. Often covetous fathers lay up riches, which profligate sons scatter to all the winds of heaven. I have seen many instances of this. Treasury of Scripture Knowledge which are. or, by Luke 16:8 And the lord commended the unjust steward, because he had done wisely... portion Psalm 73:12 Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase in riches. belly Job 21:7-15 Why do the wicked live, become old, yes, are mighty in power... Job 22:18 Yet he filled their houses with good things: but the counsel of the wicked is far from me. hid Proverbs 2:4 If you seek her as silver, and search for her as for hid treasures; they are full. or, their children are full Library The Two Awakings'I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with Thy likeness.' --PSALM xvii. 15. 'As a dream when one awaketh; so, O Lord, when Thou awakest, Thou shalt despise their image.'--PSALM lxxiii. 20. Both of these Psalms are occupied with that standing puzzle to Old Testament worthies--the good fortune of bad men, and the bad fortune of good ones. The former recounts the personal calamities of David, its author. The latter gives us the picture of the perplexity of Asaph its writer, when he 'saw the prosperity … Alexander Maclaren—Expositions of Holy Scripture Out of the Deep of Fear and Anxiety. Elisha's Closing Ministry Second Sunday Before Lent Cross References Luke 16:25 "But Abraham replied, 'Son, remember that in your lifetime you received your good things, while Lazarus received bad things, but now he is comforted here and you are in agony. Job 21:8 They see their children established around them, their offspring before their eyes. Psalm 17:7 Show me the wonders of your great love, you who save by your right hand those who take refuge in you from their foes. Psalm 49:6 those who trust in their wealth and boast of their great riches? Psalm 49:17 for they will take nothing with them when they die, their splendor will not descend with them. Psalm 73:3 For I envied the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked. Ecclesiastes 6:2 God gives some people wealth, possessions and honor, so that they lack nothing their hearts desire, but God does not grant them the ability to enjoy them, and strangers enjoy them instead. This is meaningless, a grievous evil. 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